Abrasive safety training should be provided to anyone who comes into contact with abrasive wheels (i.e. Grinding Wheels, Cutting Discs), or who is responsible for those who do. Including: Setters, Operators, Supervisors, and Stores workers.

This legislation makes it a legal requirement that operators, and those involved in the use of Abrasive Wheels are properly trained.

What is the course and what does it include?The course is an online video based training course approved by the IIRSM and CPD with 11 modules:

Course approved by:

​WHY ONLINE TRAINING FROM ABTAC?✓ Try before you buy- trial a module for free✓ Learn whenever you or your employees want 24/7✓Validation on each module to ensure understanding✓Video based with a combination of a presenter, animations, and quiz style questions✓ Business accounts available, allowing multi-by discounts and dashboards to track users

The course takes on average 100 minutes (Note: This is based on the amount of video content shown and is rounded off. It does not account in any way for loading time or thinking time on the questions).

What other type of abrasive safety training courses are available?

Private coursesABTAC prides itself on ensuring that each private course we provide is tailored to your employees needs, ensuring that the course is as relevant as possible. Private courses can be tailored to focus on either Handheld and bench grinding machines (e.g. angle grinders, petrol saws, pedestal grinders), or precision grinding machines (e.g. cylindrical, surface, internal) if required. The only way to fully ensure this is for your employees to attend a private course.Private courses can take place at your site or another site of your choice, thus reducing your employees travel time. For more information.Open coursesIf you have a small number of employees that you would like training, we regularly hold open courses which they can attend. For availability.Train the trainerThe abrasive safety 'Train the Trainer' course has been developed and accredited by the BAF to provide training to in-house trainers to enable them to provide accurate, up to date Abrasive training to their staff and for Training companies who wish to increase the courses they offer. For more information.White label coursesAre you a training provider who wants to provide manual handling awareness training? Why not take advantage of our knowledge and let us provide training under your branding. For more information.

What is the cost?

The Abrasive wheels safety online training course (approved by the IIRSM and CPD) costs £24 per individual candidate.Multi-purchase discounts are available with a Business Account.